February 15, 2024

The Best Athenascope Alternative: The New Option For Gamers and Streamers [2024]

Haven’t touched AI highlights since Athenascope unfortunately shut down in 2022? If you’re looking for your next tool you’re in luck. Today we’ll take a look into why Framedrop is your best alternative for AI highlights.

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Launched in 2018 Athenascope, an AI highlight tool beloved by many, sadly shut down way back in April of 2022. Time flies, doesn’t it? Almost 2 years and some alternate options later one has stood out for gamers - Framedrop. Keeping the same AI-powered features and ease-of-use ex-Athenascope users will feel right at home with this powerful tool and its clean UI. How do these 2 tools compare? Today we’ll take a look into why Framedrop is your best alternative for AI highlights.

Why Was Athenascope So Beloved?

Athenascope pioneered AI highlights in gaming content. Their algorithm would analyze in-game cues about important events and, if any was detected, Athenascope would clip them. Users could import their gameplay from Twitch streams, Mixer streams or through downloadable software which would run in the background. If users reached a certain criteria at the end of the week (most often milestones in the games they supported) they would create a “Showcase”, a montage of the best clips from that week. These "Showcases" would have music automatically added to them and some light editing, something that added to the “epic” feel of seeing your best gameplay moments. They would also have a watermark and if you decided to download a specific clip from the montage, this watermark could be removed. This meant that streamers and gamers could just relax and play their games knowing that at the end of the week, if they had played well enough, they would get their clips. A community around the tool quickly grew and, when Athenascope shut down in 2022, its community was very vocal about how this affected them prompting competitors to step up their game.

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Best Alternative Option to Athenascope - Framedrop

As previously mentioned, sadly Athenascope shut down. Its very robust clipping system was the first introduction to AI highlights for many gamers and creators and it offered a solid, fun product. Since then similar tools have shown up and have gone even further beyond what Athenascope was capable of doing.

Just like Athenascope, Framedrop gets your gaming highlights through AI and lets you quickly build montages - which Framedrop calls Compilations. But that’s not all… it also does so much more.

YouTube Import

Do you want to use AI to find your highlights but do not have the computer to stream? In addition to Twitch VODs and clips, Framedrop also supports YouTube videos. Simply paste your YouTube videos’ URL on Framedrop and it will get your highlights for you.

Why Just Gaming?

Framedrop’s AI is not limited to finding gaming highlights. With Framedrop you can detect:

Funny moments - Funny videos always get the most views;

Interesting conversations - Framedrop’s AI detects the best moments in talking content, be it Just Chatting streams, podcasts or just some good ol’ Discord banter;

Twitch chat reactions - Chat being especially cheeky? Don’t worry, Framedrop detects it.

It’s a new age of AI detection. Sit back, relax and let Framedrop clip your best moments for you. A generalized and reliable AI detection means you get some deserved peace of mind. And guess what? Framedrop is also currently the fastest detection tool saving creators a whole bunch of time that they can spend with their chat or just relaxing.

Social Media Ready

Last but definitely not least, Framedrop lets you get your clips ready to be shared with the world avoiding having to move footage between other tools. Framedrop features:

  • A powerful and easy-to-use editor - Convert your clips from horizontal to vertical, select your webcam and trim their duration
  • AI generated subtitles - Get instant captions perfectly timed to what is being said in your clip. All in one click.
  • Direct Share - Are your clips looking good? Awesome. Simply scan a QR code and get your clips on all the main social media platforms… or you can always download them.

With Framedrop you can convert all of your long videos into short-form videos ready for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.

Framedrop's Free plan allows you to upload up to 8 hours of content to be analyzed per month but if that is not enough, the Pro plan takes that number to 40 and adds multi-stream processing and priority queue.

The Future Is Now

AI highlight tools have come a long way. For a long time, many great plays and moments were lost due to how tiresome manually going through long videos and VODs was. Athenascope showed gamers and streamers everywhere what the future could look like. And now it is here. With Framedrop you can go from headshot to TikTok in a matter of minutes. Embrace the future and give Framedrop a try.

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FAQ

What happened to Athenascope?
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In April of 2022, after 4 years of operations, Athenascope shut down leaving a lot of gamers and streamers looking for the next AI highlights tool. If you’re still looking for the best alternative to Athenascope give Framedrop a try - AI highlights, an easy-to-use editor and chat reactions make Framedrop the most versatile alternative to Athenascope in 2024.

What is the best alternative to Athenascope?
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If you used to use Athenascope and are looking for a new tool for your highlights check out Framedrop. Framedrop detects anything from gaming plays to funny moments, chat reactions and even interesting conversations. With a powerful but easy-to-use editor Framedrop lets you turn your clips from horizontal to vertical, add perfectly timed AI generated subtitles and direct share to all social media platforms in seconds. It converts long videos to TikToks, Shorts and Reels. Give it a try!

What is the difference between Athenascope and Framedrop?
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While Athenascope pioneered AI gaming highlights, Framedrop expanded upon it. Framedrop detects gaming highlights, funny moments, chat reactions and even interesting conversations. You can then edit these clips by turning them from horizontal to vertical, trim their duration, add AI generated subtitles and convert them to TikToks, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.

Published at
February 15, 2024
Filipe Pessoa

Having a bachelor's degree in Sociology and currently getting his Masters' in Marketing, Filipe has always followed a customer-centric ethos. In 2021, Filipe was part of one of the 3 European Innovation Academy winning projects - CultureKit - as its CMO. Since joining Framedrop in August 2022, Filipe has worked on a wide array of tasks such as Copywriting, Lead Generation, Influencer Marketing and even dipped his toes in SEO.

When not working, Filipe channels his creativity into music production in his home studio.

Favorite sport: Football ⚽️

Favorite hobby: Gaming 🎮

Favorite musical artist: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 🎸

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